12-21-12

Be a woman among men at The Stud. Check!

12-20-12

Dinner at the Slanted Door with Megan and Nina! Here is me and Nin poking our heads out behind this giant cotton candy.

12-19-12

Sorry guys, I feel like I have been having a pretty boring week as far as bloggins go. Abel has been gone and I've just been working, reading, and going to bed early. Here is a snapshot of my Wednesday: bloggin, reading, and some space heater action.

12-18-12

how many carbs in one night is too many carbs in one night?

12-17-12

um...sorry about this one.

12-16-12

Sorry I was so lazy today that I totally forgot a picture. So here is another shot of our ginger pueblo. We tried really hard to make that roof an A-frame, but in the end, we just had to make do with what was possible. It's a New Mexican Christmas for ginger Abel and ginger Ally!

12-15-12

We went to see A Christmas Carol with Abel's mom and uncle Greg. A great way to get some Christmas spirit.

12-14-12

Gingerbread Abel and Gingerbread Ally want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

12-13-12

We had such a fun night! First we went to the Fairmont hotel and saw their awesome, lifesize gingerbread house. Then we saw the Lion King!!

12-12-12

Abel is officially done with his semester! Half way done with the program! And this means that the computer is free and I can catch up on some bloggin's.

12-11-12

I love seeing this tree on my way home.

12-10-12

We've been calling it sh*t narnia over here....because there is still poop in our garage.

12-9-12

We are getting our driveway excavated because we had a sewage back up into our garage. not fun.

12-8-12

PHRC got together at Liz's to make holiday cookies!

12-7-12

We traveled Abel's old stomping grounds, La Imperial in Hayward, and stuffed our faces with mexican food. That is Scott, Abel's step-dad, in the right part of the picture.

12-6-12

I ran into these two guys just hanging out over their morning salami.

12-5-12

this is how gabby at my office loaded up the compost today. it struck my funny bone for some reason.

12-4-12

Merry Christmas from me and Abel!!

12-3-12

This is me and my little Christmas tree looking really optimistic for the bus ride home.  Little did I know, MUNI was shut down due to computer glitches. But we made it eventually!

12-2-12

Forgot a picture! it was a rainy, lazy Sunday and I just totally lost track! this is me trying a tiny sip of Art's Johnny Walker Blue Label scotch...it was not my thing.

12-1-12

Chris has done it again with her cornucopia of flavor. We had so much fun hanging out with everyone at Chris's annual holiday party!

11-30-12

making a homey dinner for our Friday night!

11-29-12

Today I found out that Abel has the most ripped abductor digiti minimi on the face of the planet. I think that he should seriously consider entering it in some kind of muscle contest.

11-28-12

I forgot my camera today, so I had to make do with my iPhone. So hard! (Sorry Leslie, this was the best one that I got) Leslie came and met me in the city and we got pizza at Tony's and then attended a reading at City Lights in North Beach.

11-27-12

Office lobby joy!

11-26-12

Jenni's hanging up the Christmas lights in the office! I can feel the joy!

11-25-12

We had the greatest time in Portland with our cousins. Here is a shot of our new front yard out of the Danville house kitchen window. I love the Fall time!!!

11-24-12

This is my cousin RoSanna and her husband Art. We got to meet their horse Harmony!

11-23-12

We got a taste of Portland beer today. This is my best attempt at a timed group shot. Can you spot the photo bomber in the background?

11-22-12

My family and I flew up to Portland to visit our Braccioforte cousins and we had great time! Michael finally got to get his Thanksgiving football game in. Except that, instead of the ol' pigskin, he was tossing the left over turkey.

11-21-12

I was surprised to find a movem-stache on my brother's face. I can't believe he could grow that much stache in 3 weeks!

11-20-12

I forgot a picture again! This is a good one though: New Year's Eve going into 2009. We were in Killaloo, Ireland. It was the end of the night and I wanted to make sure that I got a shot of this awesome work of art.

11-19-12

Our homey little living room.

11-18-12

By the time Abel realized what I was doing, there was barely enough time for him to try to escape this picture.

11-17-12

Melinda and I got to see Jenni swing around the stage a the Diablo Ballet's Swingin' Holiday. She was so excellent!

11-16-12

We got some delish vegan Mexican food at Gracias Madre with Genevieve and Kelly!

11-15-12

Abel let me get creative with my cups! I think he's hooked!

11-14-12

I love reading so much...but this book is kind of hard.

11-13-12

Look at this cheerful turkey that was hanging out at my bus stop!

11-12-12

It's a beautiful Monday morning and I'm walking behind this guy who balanced books on his head in the middle of Van Ness Ave for so long. He also had a lot of conversations with himself.

11-11-12

Popcorn for dinner. What can I say, I'm a health nut.

11-10-12

BBQ and sake at Memphis Minnie's. 80 checks and counting off the list!

11-9-12

We had a great time at Francois and Angelina's house for dinner! Sorry I look so mad in this shot.

11-8-12

Nina and I got dinner at Emmy's Spaghetti Shack (they have such good sauce!) As always it was fun to catch up. Nin I'm glad you're back!

11-7-12

It finally feels like Fall! I made a butternut squash soup to celebrate.

11-6-12

Look at this freaky dog that I found at the library today. I'm pretty sure those were his real eye balls!

11-5-12

Abel is so nice! He had flowers for me when I got home last night.

11-4-12

thrilled to be sitting at the airport for three hours.

11-3-12

It's a blustery day in Washington! It is so fun to get some Fall action (it's been pretty hot in SF).

11-2-12

I am up in Kirkland taking a continuing education course on pelvic floor dysfunction and I'll just say this: after today, I could use a drink.